DOGS are about friendships, so, in an act of solidarity with France which suffered deadly terrorist attacks recently, Russia gifted the nation with a new police dog to carry on the role of Diesel, the police dog that was killed by a suicide bomber during an anti-terrorist raid.

Diesel, a Belgian Malinois, died in the line of duty and was being mourned by many worldwide. The fallen canine hero became a trending topic in social media as the “#JeSuisDiesel,” hashtag kept being shared to honor the seven-year-old dog.

​The new dog from the Russian government is called Dobrynia, a name of a Russian legendary hero that defended Russia against foreign invasion. The young Dobrynia is expected to help “in the fight against terrorism,” Russian government officials said.

This dog will be handed to France in a testament of solidarity with the French people,” the Russian Interior Ministry tweeted on Friday morning. Dobrynia “is the personification of force, of goodness, of bravery and altruism,” officials wrote on the Russian Interior Ministry Facebook page.​